Stadium Renovation Pics @ MGoBlue

Some of the latest photos of the stadium renovation are up at MGoBlue. These show the pressbox completely removed, and a light covering of snow over the field and the stands.

Since everything is now enclosed, is the interior heated (at least minimally) and finish work being done on all the suites?

I know that some construction can go on around the clock, but I would think they won't really begin outside work in earnest until somewhere in March. Does the seat widening just mean that they paint different numbers on the seats, or is there more to it than that? Is all the handicapped work done? What will be done where the pressbox stood?

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From those latest photos it looks like the Press Box was sitting directly on the ground, I was at the stadium this season and know the general layout but does the field really sit that low in the stadium?

The field does sit way below ground level and the pressbox was set into the seating but what may be deceptive about the pics is that where you see the new structure behind the pressbox you used to see sky - nothing was there. The top of the pressbox used to be the top of the stadium. Having the new structure looming behind makes the old pressbox look like it was sitting even lower than it was.

Also, sometime in the 80s the field was lowered even further, at least partially to improve sightlines in the lower seats. The wall surrounding the field used to be significantly shorter.

site has a fantastic Michigan stadium history section. Yost had a big hole dug so that the facility could be expanded to hold 200,000 ppl. With a complete second bowl on top of our current bowl(think horse shoe fully enclosed). They had all kinds of problems with ground water due to springs and the hole filled in a few times with water. They say Yost had it redirected across the street and that's why UofM has a golf course.

In Ohio the buckeye radio honks just call it the "big hole in the ground", man they're cleveer.

when I go in the fall and not see the Ol' Press Box, but it will get pretty loud when OSU comes to town in 11'. The sound just echos off of the suites and back to the field. Can't wait to see the finished product.

But I thought the stadium noise was noticeably, uh, er, noisier this year with those boxes. There were times (lots of them) while watching on TV that the noise drowned out play by play. It was refreshing.

I don't understand what opposing fans are talking about when they say they can't see shit from the top rows! The picture taken from inside the suite was an incredible view! Not like OSU where the top row is in the outer atmosphere.

I still can't believe how the new structures dwarf the old press box. Seeing these photos just remind me of how massive the overhaul was. I think history will look favorably on Bill Martin's time as AD.